Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Grew Substantially in the Past Decade but Slowed in 2010
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Kelly Kang |
| Description: | Report on 2010 data from the National Science Foundation. This publication provides the first release of data from the fall 2010 cycle of the GSS, which collected data from 13,711 organizational units (departments, programs, affiliated research centers, and health care facilities) at 574 institutions of higher education and their affiliates in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Guam. The institutional response rate was 99.3%. "Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Grew Substantially in the Past Decade but Slowed in 2010. Approximately 632,700 graduate students were enrolled in science, engineering, and health (SEH) programs in the United States as of fall 2010, a 30% increase from approximately 493,300 students in 2000, according to the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS). The growth in first-time, full-time (FTFT) graduate student enrollment in science and engineering (S&E) programs over this time was even greater, with a 50% increase from approximately 78,400 students in 2000 to approximately 118,500 students in 2010." |
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The full set of detailed statistical tables from this survey will be available in the forthcoming report Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 2010 at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/gradpostdoc/. Individual detailed tables may be available upon request in advance of the full report by contacting the author. |
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